Jim Korinke portrays Walter Cronkite. Two public showings of “Cronkite,” a live multimedia performance about legendary journalist Walter Cronkite, have been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6 and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 26 in the Kemper Recital Hall, which is adjacent to the award-winning Walter Cronkite Memorial inside Spratt Hall on the [...]
The Missouri Western State University Foundation kicked off the public phase of its Centennial Capital Campaign with the announcement of three major gifts: the life’s work of an internationally known local artist, an endowment that creates a faculty position in population health, and the largest individual gift in Missouri Western’s history – a $10 million [...]
With doctorate degrees in communication and long, distinguished careers in higher education, Bob and Laurel Vartabedian are dedicated to making a difference in the lives of university students. That dedication has led them to make a personal financial commitment of more than $100,000 to Missouri Western State University, where Bob serves as president. With the [...]
Western Playhouse, the summer theatre company at Missouri Western State University, will present musicals old and new in its third season. Meredith Willson’s perennial favorite, “The Music Man,” will be produced June 20-28, and “Mother Divine,” an official selection of the New York Musical Theatre Festival’s 2013 Next Link Project, will be produced July 11-19. [...]
Cast and crew of “American Story” visited the Outlets as Castle Rock as part of their trip to Colorado to perform “American Story.” Missouri Western has been invited to return next year for performances related to the centennial of the Ludlow Massacre, the historical event at the center of the musical. An enthusiastic [...]
After a pair of successful performances on campus, the Missouri Western State University production of “American Story” will travel to Colorado for a performance near the sites where the historic events described in the musical took place nearly 100 years ago. The concertized performance is scheduled for Friday, May 10 at the Famous Performing Arts [...]
About 15 years ago, Missouri Western State University’s president, Dr. Robert Vartabedian, and his wife, Laurel, stopped at a visitors center in Trinidad, Colo., where a display caught their attention. It told the story of a 1913-14 immigrant coal miners’ strike in the area that culminated in what has become known as the Ludlow Massacre. [...]
